While the decisions made at crossroads
resulted in a great future for Moses, Elisha, Daniel, Peter, Paul and Ruth, the
decision of Esau at such a moment blighted his future. Esau found himself at a
crossroads when his brother, Jacob, offered him food (a present need) in
exchange for his birthright (a future asset). He experienced a negative turning
point when he chose to sell his birthright. He filled his stomach with bread
and pottage of lentils, gulped some drinks, rose up and went his way, but he
forever lived to regret it. The Bible in Hebrews 12:16-17 says:

“Lest
there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel for
meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have
inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears.”

Another figure who took a decision that
led to a negative turning point was Reuben, the first son of Jacob. He defiled
the bed of his father by sleeping with his father’s concubine. When Reuben was
taking this decision to humiliate his father, little did he know that he was
destroying his own future. Our Father in heaven deserves our honour and not
humiliation. We humiliate our Heavenly Father when we offer Him worship that is
polluted with sinful habits (Malachi 1:6-7). As Priest of God (Revelation 1:6),
when we lift up unholy hands in worship of God, we are offering polluted
“bread” on His altar. This is the reason why the Bible in Romans 12:1 says:

“I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.”

The most fearful thing in the story of
Reuben is that after he did the abominable act, he did not realise that his
father knew about it, because his father never even mentioned it (Genesis
35:22). However, on the day of reckoning, his father placed a curse on him
(Genesis 49:3-4). I will therefore encourage you to pray that the Lord will,
through the blood of Jesus Christ, undo whatever you have done wrong in the
past that is troubling you now even as a Christian.

Prayer Point

Father, please undo whatever I have done
in the time of ignorance that has placed a curse on me.

About Open Heavens

Open Heavens Daily Devotional Guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.Learn More →